Konstantelos v. Great American Casualty Co.

Mr. Presiding Justice Taylor

delivered the opinion of the court.

This is a suit in the county court of Cook county on a contract of insurance which provided for indemnity for loss caused by accidental injury, or accidental death. There was a trial before the court, without a jury, and a verdict and judgment for the plaintiff, Demetrios Konstantelos, and against the defendant, the Great American Casualty Company, in the sum of $1,000, the full amount provided for in the policy in case of accidental death. This appeal is therefrom.

The question in the case is whether the intestate’s death by…